Music-leaf turner.



'P. J. BERTUGCI. MUSIC LEAF TURNER. APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 19, 1913.

1,133,915. Patented 1111311915.

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P. J. BBRTUGGI. MUSIC LEAP TURNER.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1913.

1 1 33 ,9 1 5 Patented Mar. 30, 19.15.

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MUSE-LEAF remit.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. BnRrUooI, a citizen of the United States, residing at New 2 York city,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inMusic-Leaf Turne .ers,

This invention relates to musicleaf turn- I of which the following is a specification.

ers particularly adapted for use in connection with pianos and organs, and has for its general object to improve the general character of devices of this sort and to facilitate the operation of the leaf turning arm by the adaptation of a foot controlled mechanism.

A further object of'the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and efficient device mechanism is incased within the instrument.

of this character, whereby the operating To theseends the invention consists in'the, I novel details of construction and combina tion of parts more fully hereinafter described'and particularly pointed out in the claims,

Referring to. the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views :Figure 1 is a. perspective'view of a portion of a piano, showing myinventionapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3' is a horizontal sectional view of the, lower part of the same. Fig. ifis across sectional view of the music holder or magazine. Fig.5 is a detail perspective view of parts of the musicleaf turner with portions shown insection.

My improved musicleaf turneris preferl ably adapted'for usein connection with pianos and organs and comprises a music holderor magazineil having a leaf turning arm 2 to whichis connected a suitable foot actuating mechanism3. 1 l

The magazine is preferably formed of I thin sheet metal, rests upon the usual ledge 4 formed on the musical instrument and comprises the. rectangularshaped body '5 formed to provide a compartment '6 for ca of this patentinaybe obtained we holding and storinga number of sheets of music. Openings 7 and 8 are provided in the front wall of the magazine through which the music isheets may be seen and .pivotally 9 is a leaf turning arm 10 having spring clips 11 for connecting theretoa sheet of secured ,to the dividing partition music when the device is in use.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 v To prevent abrasion I of the musical instrument, the'magazine is providedlwith feet I V PatentedMar.-30',1915. Appll cation filedSeptember19,19 13. Seri;% No.790,725.

12 and atop rest 13 which are suitably cov-- cred with a soft material as indicated at 14.

' The leaf turning arm'may, if desired, be either hand or foot actuated. If foot actuated the magazinemember as shown in Fig.

2, has its rod 16 fitted ina socket '18 in which it may be permanently securedif desired. The socket is fittedfina bearing. or bushingl9, and'is,v connected to the bevel j'gear20 by a universal joi'nt'21. The gear 20 meshes with the .bevelgear 22, which by virtue of being formed rigidly with the gear 23, is operated by the gear 24. A rod 25 connects the gear'QL with a pinion 26, which engagesa segment 27 This segment is provided with ears 28 8 which pivotally hold the rods 2929. These-rods pass through openings 30in the lowerfront portion of" the instrument and terminate in pedals 3l,31. Thus when the segment 27 is oper- 'atedon the pivot 32 by the pedals31,the leaf turning member 2 will be turned backwardly or forwardly by means of the series of intervening gears. It is obvious that may fore I do not wish to be limited to such feaclaim.

i What is claimedas new is z a H A music leaf turner comprising a holder those skilled in the art. vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing fromthe spirit of my invention and there .tures except as may be required by the" mechanism adapted to be operated by the footand 'operatively connected withthe shaft, a universal joint connected with the shaft and, a socket member connected with the universal oint and receiving the lower 'iprojecting end of the arm. I V v In testimony whereof I affix my signature I in presence of .two witnesses. H

Witnesses: JOHN A. DONEGAN, G. JA ES C'Ro IN.

j VPETER J. BERTU'OCI.

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